BALIBUNDI

Citations

• 19 I. & N. Dec. 606

Syllabus

BALIBUNDI, 19 I&N Dec. 606 (BIA 1988) ID 3053 (PDF) (1) When a hearing is scheduled to consider an application for relief by a respondent and the respondent fails to appear at the hearing, the application should be deemed abandoned. (2) As the regulations specifically require that an applicant be examined in person prior to the adjudication of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation, his applications should not be considered on the merits upon his failure to appear at his hearing.